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Given a point A 0 in a Euclidean space and a translation S, define the point A i to be the point obtained from i applications of the translation S to A 0, so A i = S i (A 0).The set of vertices A i with i any integer, together with edges connecting adjacent vertices, is a sequence of equal-length segments of a line, and is called the regular apeirogon as defined by H. S. M. Coxeter.
In the limit, a sequence of regular polygons with an increasing number of sides approximates a circle, if the perimeter or area is fixed, or a regular apeirogon (effectively a straight line), if the edge length is fixed.
A blue horocycle in the Poincaré disk model and some red normals. The normals converge asymptotically to the upper central ideal point.. In hyperbolic geometry, a horocycle (from Greek roots meaning "boundary circle"), sometimes called an oricycle or limit circle, is a curve of constant curvature where all the perpendicular geodesics through a point on a horocycle are limiting parallel, and ...
Each apeirogon face is circumscribed by a horocycle, which looks like a circle in a Poincaré disk model, internally tangent to the projective circle boundary.
1.1 apeirogon and zerogon. 6 comments. 1.2 Is there any concept besides Division by zero that does not exist, but gets analysed throughly? 6 comments.
The apeirogon can be considered the special case 𝛼 = π. The symmetries are given for the generic case, but there are sometimes special values of 𝛼 that increase the symmetry. Tilings 3.1 and 3.12 can even become regular; 3.32 already is (it has no free parameters). Sometimes, there are special values of 𝛼 that cause the tiling to ...
A skew apeirogon in two dimensions forms a zig-zag line in the plane. If the zig-zag is even and symmetrical, then the apeirogon is regular. Skew apeirogons can be constructed in any number of dimensions. In three dimensions, a regular skew apeirogon traces out a helical spiral and may be either left- or right-handed.
For instance, curves of constant positive curvature are circles and curves of constant zero curvature is a line. As the radius of a circle tend to infinity, the curvature tends to 0. So one could say that the Euclidean line is a limit of circles, and by extension via partitions, an apeirogon is a limit of polygons.